Candy-machine.



No. 660,90l. Patented Oct. 30,1900.

IT. J. JENKINS. CANDY MAGHINE.

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No. 660,90I. Patented Oct. 30, I900. T. J. JENKINS.

CANDY MACHINE.

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CANDY MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFI THOMAS JOHN JENKINS, OF INDIANAPOLIS,INDIANA.

CANDY-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,901, dated October30, 1900.

I Application filed March 3, 1900- 3eria1No.7,209. \No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J OHN JENKINS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, in thecounty of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvementsin Candy-Machines, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.'

This invention relates to improvements in machines for making andforming stickcandy; and the objectis to providea machine by means ofwhich the candy batch may be rapidly spun out, twisted, cut into properlengths, and cooled.

I will describe a candy-machine embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a candy-machine embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a sectional elevation of a portion thereof. Fig. 3 is a section onthe line w m of Fig. 2. Fig. at is a section on the line y y of Fig. 1.Fig. 5 is a plan view of a twisting device employed. Fig. 6 is a sideview thereof, and Fig. 7 is a section on theline z .zof Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a batch-hopper which isfunnel-shaped and is provided with a jacket 2, the space between thejacket and the inner Wall being designed to contain a cooling or aheating medium, as occasion may require. Arranged below thebatch-hopper, was to receive material therefrom, is a funnel-shapedfeed-hopper 3, having a jacket 4, providing a space to hold a heating orcooling medium. outlet end of this hopper 3 is substantially the size ofthe stick of candy to be formed. and movable in the hopper is a feederand sizer, consisting, as here shown, of a plurality of endless bolts 5,preferably of leather or similar material,the said belts being mountedon sprocket-chains 6 7 8 9.

channels to receive said chains and belts, so that the surfaces of thebelts will be substantially on a plane with the interior of the hopper.The chain 6 runs over a pulley 10, arranged at the upper portion of thehopper,

The lower or and thence around a sprocket-wheel 11, arranged at thelower portion of the hopper. The chain 7 runs over a roller 12 at theupper portion of the hopper and thence around a sprocket-wheel 13 at thelower portion of the hopper. The chain 8 passes over a roller 14 at theupper portion of the hopper and thence around asprocket-wheel 15 at thelower portion of the hopper, while the chain 9 passes around a similarroller at the upper portion of the hopper and around a sprocket-Wheel 16at lhelower portion of the hopper.

The sprocket-wheel 13 is mounted on a shaft 17, which has its hearingsin boxes secured to the frame 18 of themachine, and on this shaft 17'is' bevel-pinion 19, meshing with a bevel-pinion 20 on the shaft of thewheel 11. Also on the shaft 17 is a bevelpinion 21, engagingwith abevel-pinion 22 on the shaft of the wheel'15. Either one of the Wheels11 and 15 may have a driving connection with the wheel 16. By thisarrangement of gearing it is obvious that all the feeders and sizers maybe operated in unison.

On theshaft 17 is a sprocket-wheel 23, from which a chain 24 extends toa sprocket-wheel 25 on a shaft 26. Attached to the shaft 26 is a roller27, coacting with a roller 28 on a shaft 29. The rollers 27 and 28 arerotated together by means of gear-wheels 30 31 on the shafts 26and 29.These rollers 27 and 23 are what I term shaping rollers, as theyproperly shape the candy material as it is discharged to them from thefeed-hopper. The

rollers will either be covered with leather or similar material or theymay be formed of several disks of leathcrplaced together and suitablysecu red on the shafts by metal washers. The central portions of therollers will be provided with annular grooves of the desired shape incross-section. the rollers will form a round stick. It is designed thatthe gearing for the rollers 27 and 28 shall be so proportioned asrelated to the gearing for the feeder and sizer belts that the .i saidrollers shall have a faster motion than The interior of the hopper isprovided with f the feeder and sizer, so that the stick will be smoothedas it is drawn out from the feeder.

The shaft 26 is operated from a main driving? As here shown,

Arranged below the shaping-rollers is a twisting device consisting ofrollers 34 35, which are formed similar to the rollers 27 and 28. Therollers have their hearings in boxes adjustably arranged in a frame 36,the upper portion of which has a tubular journal 37, having a bearing ina plate 38, arranged in the frame, and the lower portion of said framehas a tubular journal 30, which has its bearing in a plate 40, securedin the frame. These tubular bearings 37 and 39 are of course inalinemeut with the twisting-rollers, and the upper tubular bearingreceives the candy from the shapiugu-ollers, while the lower t-ubularbearing receives the candy from the twistingrollers. The shaft 41 of theroller 34 has a gear-wheel 42 meshing with a gearwheel 43 on the shaft44 of the roller 35, and on the opposite end of this shaft 44 is awormwheel 45, engaging with a worm 46, supported by the frame 36, and onthe lower end of the worin'46 is a pinion 47, which engages with a fixedcircular rack 48.

()u the upperend of the tubular jou rual 37 is a miter-gear 49, engagingwith a initeugear on the main driving-shaft 32, so that as said shaftrevolves the frame carrying the twisting-rollers will be revolved, andduring this movement the pinion 4'7, engaging with the rack 48, willrotate the worm 46, and consequently the rollers 34 and 35. The axialrotation of the rollers 34 and 35 will cause a downward feed of thecandy stick, while the circular movement thereof will cause the twistingof the stick, thus making spirallydisposed stripes in the stick.

After passing through the twisting'rollers the candy is to be cut insticks of the desired length. As a means therefor I providecutting-blades 51 and 52, designed at a certain time to move over thelowerend of the tubular journal To the lower end of this tubular journal39 is attached a pinion 53, which meshes with a gear-wheel 54, arrangedon the lower side of the plate 40. The cutter 51 is loosely mounted on ahub 55, arranged eccentrically on the wheel 54, and an actuating-spring56 is attached at one end to said hub and at the other end engages witha lug 57 on an extension of the cutter 51. The cutter 52 is mounted torotate on a fixed stud 58 and is moved toward its cutting position by aspring 59. The operation of this part of the device is as follows: Asthe pinion 53 rot-ates the gear 54 will be rotated therefrom, actuatingthe cutter 51. When the end of the cutter 51 reaches a stop or fixed pin60, it will be held against the resistance of the spring 56 until by theeccentric movement the end of said cutter is freed from the stop. Thenthe spring 56 will cause the cutter to move on the hub and pass over thelower end of the tube 39. When the cutter 51 engages with the stop 60, apin 61 on the wheel 54 will engage with the cutter 52, moving it againstthe resistance of its spring. When said pin 61 passes off the end of thecutter 52, the spring will cause it to move across the lower end of thetube 35), and thus the two cutters 51 and 52 will sever the stick. Thesevered stick will fall into a chute 62 and from there pass to anendless con veying-belt 63, the upperstretch of which moves through acooler-casing 64. The upper wall 65 of this cooler-casing is at aproperdistance above the belt to cause a frictional engagement of the candystick upon said belt and upper wall, so that as the stick is carriedalong by the belt it will be rotated in order that it may be thoroughlycooled by a blast of air forced through a pipe 66, leading into thecooler 64. The ai r blast is forced through the pipe 66 by a fan 67,operated by belt connection from the driving-shaft In operation thecandy batch is placed in the hopper 1, from which it passes into thehopper 3. Owing to the convergence downward of the feed-belts and asthey meet at the edges at the bottom, the candy material will bestretched or drawn out at the bottom faster than it will be drawndownward at the upper portion. The material formed by the feeder andsizer will pass to the shaping-rollers bet-ween guide-plates a and fromthese rollers through a guide I) to the twisting-rollers, the operationof which has been described, as has also the operating of the cuttingdevice which receives the material from the twister.

It is to be understood that there may be a greater or less number offeeding-belts arranged in the hopper 3, depending somewhat on thedesired shape of the stick, and also that grooves on the shaping-rollersand twisting-rollers may be formed to make a round stick, an angularstick, or any other desired shape. It is also to be understood that thehopper 1 may be dispensed with and the material placed directly in thehopper 3. I prefer, however, to employ the hopper 1, as described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a candy-machine, a feed-hopper, a feeder andsizer device for operating in said hopper, a forming device arrangedbelow the hopper, and a twisting device arranged below the formingdevice, substantially as specified.

2. Ina candy-machine, a feed-hopper, endless feeding-belts for operatingin said hopper, forming-rollers for receiving the material from thefeeding-belts, and twisting-rollers receiving material from theforming-rollers, substantially as specified.

In a candy-machine, a funnel-shaped feeding-hopper, a plurality offeeding-belts movable therein, the said belts meeting at the lower endof the hopper, forming-rollers for receiving material from the belts,twisting-rollers for receiving material from the forming-rollers, and acutting device below the twisting-rollers, substantially as specified.

4. In a candy-machine, the combination with feeding and forming devices,of a twister, comprising rollers geared together, aframe in which therollers are mounted, means for rotating said frame in a horizontalplane, a worm carried by the frame, a gear-wheel on the shaft of one ofthe rollers, engaging with said Worm, a pinion on the worm, and a fixedrack with which said pinion engages, substantially as specified.

5. In a candy-machine, a funnel-shaped feed-hopperhaving channels in itsinner side,

endless chains movablein said channels,

leather facings or belts on said chains, and means for causing movementsof the chains, substantially as specified.

6. In a candy-machine, the combination with forming devices, of acutter, comprising a blade, a gear-wheel on which the said cutter iseccentrically mounted, a spring for moving the cutter in one direction,a holding or stopping device for the cutter, another spring-pressedcutter, apin on the gear-wheel for engaging with said other cutter, anda pinion engaging with the gear-wheel, the said pinion being operated bymovements of the forming devices, substantially as specified.

'7. In a candy-machine, a batch-hopper, a feed-hopper for receivingmaterial from the batch-hopper, a feeder and sizer for operating in saidfeed-h0pper, forming-rollers below the feed-hopper, twisting-rollersbelow the forming-rollers, and a driving-shaft from which all themovable devices are operated, substantially as specified. V

8. In a candy-machine, a cooler-casin g, an endless belt movabletherein, the space between the upper wall of said casing and the beltbeing such as to cause frictional engagement between the stick, the beltand the upper wall, whereby the stick is rolled as it is carried along,and an-air-blast device leading into the cooler, substantially asspecified.

9. In a candy-machine, the combination with forming devices and acutter, of a cooler-- casing for receiving material directly from thecutter, means for cooling said casing, and a carrier movable in thecasing, said carrier and a Wall of the casing operating to impart a.rotary motion to the candy while moving along, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 26th day of February, 1900.I

THOMAS JOHN JENKINS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM JENKINS, -EDWARD HANEL.

